fruit

food / Fruit (Fruta)

related: comida indigena
editing: What to eat in Oaxaca



Tip: Eat fresh fruit! Nutritionally, it's great value and in Oaxaca, plentiful and tasty!

Since much of southern Mexico are located in tropical climes, there is an abundance of fresh fruit available throughout the year. Here we take an in-depth look at various fruits with links to wikipedia and other resources.

indigenous
capulines (cherries), tuna (prickly pear cactus fruit), tejocote, zapote blanco, zapote negro, chico zapote, sauco (elderberry), jinicuil, jicama, guanábana (soursop) guyaba, papaya, ciruela (plum), anona, granadilla, nanche, piña (pineapple), aguacate (avocado), guajilote, pitaya

Games

Can you tell the difference between tuna and pitaya?

Can I eat the raw seeds of the fruit?

Guayaba - No
Mango - No
Sandia - Watermelon - Yes

Are the raw seeds used for something else?

Juanaquil - yes, put into Xëjk pojtsää (Ayuuk)

Are the fruits made into candy?
Yes, they can be candied fruit (apples, orange rinds, sweet potato) or prepared as thicker jell (ate).

mixed names
mango piña - platano manzana
lima limon

Coconut
agua de coco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_water

Guanábana / Soursop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soursop
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_muricata

Guava or guayaba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guava
In the Ayuuk language of Santa Maria Ocotepec, the name is pöx

Papaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya

passion fruit = maracuya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis
http://viciousange.blogspot.com/2007/05/passionfruit-yo-yos-with-white.html
Food on Friday - getting passionate about passionfruit

pina=pineapple

zapote
"cae como zapote"

zapote blanco (dormilón)
http://www.almohadaherbal.com/boletin_2_ZapoteBlanco.htm
http://mx.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110728175918AAkR2kT
http://www.medicinatradicionalmexicana.unam.mx/monografia.php?l=3&t=&id=7812

zapote negro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_digyna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon

tomatillo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatillo

annona = cherimoya = custard apple (photo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona
Paleoethnobotanical studies have dated Annona exploitation and cultivation in the Yautepec River region of Mexico to approximately 1000 BC.

imported

nispero = loquat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat

fig = higo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fig

lemons
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/22-uses-for-lemon-peels.html

Pomegranate
A pomegranate is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to between five and eight meters tall. The pomegranate is native to Southwest Asia.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/2038/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iHbSzM63Hs

Tamarind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind

membrillo (quince)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychee

mango
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango_Ataulfo

recetas: mangos en conserva

banana (papua new guinea)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana

Pitaya - Dragon fruit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya
- native to Mexico and South America

noni (Morinda citrifolia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noni

Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) is a tree native to Southeast Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

star fruit / carambola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambola
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodido=14973,15732,17465&title=carambola

passion fruit / maracuya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis

Groups

acid fruits (citrus, pineapples, cranberries)
subacid fruits (sweet cherries, raspberries, figs)
sweet fruits (bananas, melons, and grapes)
nuts (hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews)
seeds (sunflower, squash, pumpkin)
oily fruits (avocados, coconuts, olives)
dried fruits (dates, prunes, raisins)